According to a report by digital marketing and media research firm eMarketer, Android OS will overtake Apple to emerge as the 
No.1 mobile phone OS by 2012. It is to be noted in the last couple of years Android OS has shown tremendous growth with its market share rising from 6% in 2009 to 28% to 2010. By 2012 the number is expected to touch 31%, 1 percentage point above Apple, says the report.
No.1 mobile phone OS by 2012. It is to be noted in the last couple of years Android OS has shown tremendous growth with its market share rising from 6% in 2009 to 28% to 2010. By 2012 the number is expected to touch 31%, 1 percentage point above Apple, says the report.Reasons For Growth in Android
There are several factors accredited to the growth of Android mobile OS. The fact that Android OS works on several smartphones and different carriers have propelled its growth. At the same time Android allows users to innovate in their platform while there is a more dominant control by Apple in its mobile OS.
But there are several issues which need to be addressed by Android if it needs to emerge as the number 1 mobile OS. Fragmentation and vulnerability of Android OS to malware attacks are two of the biggest problem related to the OS. Currently several Android smartphones work on different versions of the OS and at the same time it has seen a rising increase in malware attacks over the past few year.
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